{"id":73420,"date":"2016-07-28T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=73420"},"modified":"2021-01-06T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:11:57","slug":"73420-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/73420-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Go Baby Go! Receives President\u2019s Award from National Down Syndrome Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Tucker spent much of her time at last week\u2019s National Down Syndrome Congress Annual Convention in Orlando showcasing and leading efforts to enhance mobility in children with disabilities.<\/p>\n

But the physical therapy lecturer took a break Saturday night to accept a President\u2019s Award from the NDSC for her work on UCF Go Baby Go!, a mobility initiative she founded last year in the College of Health and Public Affairs.<\/p>\n

Tucker received the award from NDSC President Marilyn Tolbert in recognition 色花堂 Go Baby Go!\u2019s efforts to improve \u201cthe lives of individuals with Down syndrome through research and community outreach.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more than a year Tucker has partnered with Professor Cole Galloway, the nationally recognized founder of Go Baby Go! at the University of Delaware, to establish a Go Baby Go! program at UCF. She\u2019s worked tirelessly with UCF colleagues to hold Go Baby Go! workshops where physical therapy students and staff members join families and community members to retrofit motorized toy cars for children in need of enhanced mobility. Earlier this year she helped launch Knights on the Go Caf\u00e9 at UCF as the first site in Florida to demonstrate the Go Baby Go! harness system for adults recovering from a traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n

At the NDSC convention Tucker and Galloway presented a workshop on the influence of mobility in the development of infants and young children. They also demonstrated a Go Baby Go! motorized toy car and the harness system. The next day Tucker led a team of physical therapy students and an engineering student from UCF as they conducted a workshop for siblings of children with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team managed about 40 siblings who helped retrofit three toy cars that were auctioned off that evening,\u201d said Patrick Pabian, director of UCF\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program<\/a> and a workshop participant. \u201cIt was a great way to educate the siblings about the need for mobility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Tucker and Pabian said there was a great deal of interest in Go Baby Go! among convention goers, which numbered in the thousands. They\u2019ve also seen great interest among local community members.<\/p>\n

Tucker said she was honored and humbled to accept\u00a0UCF Go Baby Go!’s President\u2019s Award\u00a0from the NDSC, which consists of the \u201cfamilies and children we serve.\u201d She also said she’s\u00a0thankful to the university, college and program\u2019s leadership and administration for their continued support and encouragement.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether we can continue to create opportunities for fun and mobility for children with mobility impairments,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Among the other 2016 NDSC award recipients is Florida Sen. Andy Gardiner, who received the Exceptional Meritorious Service Award for his efforts to improve \u201cthe lives of individuals with disabilities in Florida.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer Tucker spent much of her time at last week\u2019s National Down Syndrome Congress Annual Convention in Orlando showcasing and leading efforts to enhance mobility in children with disabilities. 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